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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 53m

Could be. And I think he started performing it live in the 2000s, but it's still odd to me.

inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 58m

Does anyone know what Billy Joel's "Vienna" is big with the Kids These Days? Was it on Stranger Things or something? It was a B-side that didn't even make the cut for Greatest Hits Vol. 1 & 2!

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 1h

I either need a lot more coffee or a lot less coffee.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 18h

We must imagine Sysphus answering email.

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martha shearer @marthashearer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

..............between?

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Just the book. Planned before the miniseries was advertised. But now some of my students have started it.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’m teaching a whole course on it this semester.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Can’t believe I’m watching DeMelo play for Racing Louisville. Never thought I’d see that again.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

If you see this, post a vampire that isn’t Dracula.

Theda Bara in a promotional still for A Fool There Was

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Correction: the Warner brothers and their sister Dot

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

*taps temple* Can’t get spam about marketing my book if I never finish writing the book.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Honorable Mentions: The TV-est TV is sports, and I wanted more sports on here, but it's tough to narrow. So I'm lumping every Olympics and World Cup on here, along with the most important annual televisual event: the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Shout out to the La La Land / Moonlight moment, too.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

9. THE STAIRCASE (2004) Before everyone and their sister was into true crime, this French-produced analysis of American news media, the justice system, and family units did it best. 10. TERRIERS (2010) Gone too soon.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

8. NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (2005-Present) Innovated many of the production elements for the biggest sport in the country. Their contract allowing late-season flexes meant this had the reliably best games. There are no great box crews, but Michaels/Tirico & Collingsworth are above average.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

6. HAL & HARPER (2025) Last year's best drama wasn't a film. Lili Reinhart astounds, Mark Ruffalo staggers out of his MCU-induced hell, and Betty Gilpin seals it. 7. HAPPY ENDINGS (2011-2013) Didn't have the cultural impact of some others, but it was the funniest sitcom of the last 25 years.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

4. CITY SO REAL (2020) Steve James's portrait of Chicago is one of the essential texts for understanding America today. 5. THE COLBERT REPORT (2005-2014) You can't convince me that Colbert got kicked off CBS for anything he said on his subsequent show. People were still pissed about this.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

2. BOB'S BURGERS (2011-Present) Remember when The AV Club had this at the top of their annual list and Breaking Bad was second? They were right then, and it's even more right now. 3. CARLOS (2010) Film auteurs dipping their toes into television doesn't reliably work, but this one did.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Now that everyone's moved on... Here are 10 TV shows that could plausibly make my own list of the best of the century but didn't appear on the NYT list. 1. AMERICAN VANDAL (2017-2018) Succession (in the episodes I could drag myself through) fails as comedy and drama. Here's a parody that sings.

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Scout Tafoya @honorszombie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ya know the Alphabet almost spells “Hi Jack Lemmon.”

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I’m just supposed to accept that over half the people in their thirties were born in the Nineties?

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

me, 20 years from now, with nothing on my schedule: I miss Saturdays.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Oldest: band practice all morning, band competition afternoon and evening Middlest: robotics work day, then middle school dance Youngest: soccer tourney (two games with Costco run in between) I miss Saturdays.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Our university recently “upgraded” its website. Connected to this, we were all supposed to get new headshots. Time is not kind to some of us.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Pixar character thingy (but, no, I’m not QTing that prompt factory)

Virginia Weildler in The Philadelphia Story

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This is what I’ve been watching on and off today. Fascinating as an artifact but enjoyable beyond that, too, for all its flaws.

youtu.be

John Wayne Swing Out, Sweet Land

YouTube video by Tracy Taylor

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Can’t imagine listing the top ten tv shows of the quarter-century. You want me to say how much The Office meant to me at one point or how little it means to me now? You want me to rate the quality of The Americans versus the quality of Nathan for You? A fool’s game. But I am a fool, so…

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Eric Harvey @ericdharvey.com · 22/09/2026

Q: what's the hardest part about throwing a basement show in Holland MI? A: getting your giant angel wings down the stairs

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Discovering that something might be the case is easy. On behalf of philosophers, I promise we can do this for way less than it costs to fund science labs.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’m glad for how this will improve research, but I’m the annoying sort of philosopher who is most fascinated by the un-argued assumption that if the brain has two origins then it’s still two things. Also: it’s not the two hemispheres! or CNS/PNS! Wacky.

med.stanford.edu

Human brain is two separate organs, Stanford Medicine-led research finds

Stanford Health Care delivers the highest levels of care and compassion. SHC treats cancer, heart disease, brain disorders, primary care issues, and many more.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The 15yo has figured out that when it’s his week to clear the table, he can just eat all the leftovers rather than box them up and refrigerate them and honestly good for him.

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William Boyle @wmboyle4.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The NYT is running a feature on the 100 best TV shows of the 21st century. As with the movie list they did, anyone can cast their own ballot. Here are my favorites (with some notes and a list of other shows I like a lot—I’m sure I’m forgetting stuff).

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“The less I knew, the less confused I was.” Me, too, student. Me too.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

An organization descends into anarchy because of the antics of three or four brothers who also play instruments.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Overtime is the appropriate punishment for having watched this entire Packers-Jets game. I deserve this.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The first quarter of Packers-Jets is the worst quarter of football I’ve seen two teams play in I don’t even know how long. From field conditions, to play calling, to injuries, to drops, to terrible referees, this first quarter really has nothing to enjoy.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My employer’s side(?) hustle as a sports org is going well.

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Caleb Ward @calebw.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

In the archive I found a short little note from Audre Lorde to Allen Ginsberg, written on Lorde’s letterhead from her home in St. Croix. It's dated Feb. 11, 1990, and she sent him a copy of a poem and wrote: "I LOVE it that you told Fidel you wanted to sleep with Raoul!"

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Alan Richardson @alanrichardson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is why the ancient people who have greatly influenced the world—Jesus, Moses, the Buddha—overwhelmingly came from materially rich cultures.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I saw something about people finding comfort and creativity in traditional crafts as a response to AI slop that made me feel good, but then I connected AI + 3D printers and was sad again.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I view Fury Road as a materialist, anti(?)-biblical epic. Water from a rock, etc., with Miriam leading the people in the desert back to Egypt because there is no promised land other than the one we make.

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Ben Wurgaft @benwurgaft.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

big allergy attack caused by the sexual activity of plants led me to coin the new term "snyphilis" you're welcome.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Merritt Wever is in PRIMETIME?! I feel like this is something I should have been told.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A drive consisting only of blown calls and one TE catch. Packers shouldn’t have been in this position. But I can’t recall any series ever with so many incorrect or iffy calls.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Post your favorite Disney princess. Wrong answers only.

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My employer just sent me an invite for retirees. What are they suggesting…

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inessentials @inessentials.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm thinking about a history of philosophy (1700-1900) class on the following theme: Answers to "why am I unhappy?" that partly pose a social answer, such that one must either retreat from or transform society in order to flourish. Which texts would you include #philsky?

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